Golf bag and boot and article



Oct. 3, 1933. G ADAMS 1,928,922

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G. L. ADAMS GOLF BAG AND BOOT, AND ARTICLE Filed F'eb. 29 2 Sheets-Sheet2 IIIIIIIEI INVENTOR wllll [III ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 3, 1933 UNITEDSTATES H 1,928,922 GOLF BAG AND BOOT AND ARTICLE Glenn L. Adams,Spokane, Wash.

Application February 29,

1932. Serial No. 595,809

5 Claims. (c1.-15o-'1.5)

The object of this invention is to providea novel golf bag and boot, andthe invention resides in the combination thereof, and also in the bag,and the boot, as articles of 'manufacture.

One of the primary features of the invention is to provide a novelstructure whereby the boot may be readily detached from the bag orattached thereto. 7

A. further feature of novelty resides in a boot which consists of aheadand base, the latter being tubular and having on its free margin 2.suitable means for connecting the boot to the golf bag.

This boot, according to my invention, involves a head that is dome-likein form when spread by the clubs, and it is bifurcated or splithemispherically and longitudinally of the boot into separable sectionsthat can be opened for passage of clubs therethrough into and out of thebag, when the boot is in an extended or projecting posi tion. Saidopenable sections will also permit the boot to be telescoped downwardlyintothe bag.

.It is a feature of the invention to providethe openable sections of theboot with marginally disposed fastening means whereby said sections canbe closed over the upper ends of the clubs projecting from the bag, whenthe latter is to be shipped or otherwise transported.

A feature of the invention consists in providing the bag with a rimequipped with a projecting boot anchoring fly that is provided on itsfree edge with one member of a detachable fastening device whereby theboot can be attached to the bag. a i

A further feature consists in proportioning and constructing the bag andboot and the coacting fastening means therefor in a novel manner so thatwhen the boot is in aprotecting position, the connecting means will bespread against the interior of the rim in such a manner as to bepractically inaccessible for surreptitious release.

The invention has many other objects and features which will be morefully described in the accompanying, drawings and which will be moreparticularly pointed out in and by the appended claims. r

In the drawings 1 Fig. l isa view in side elevation of my improved golfbag in which the boot may be considered'either removed or telescopeddownwardly into the bag.

Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the upper portion of the bag showing the bootextended or projected and closed to protect the clubs from theft.

able sections of the boot separated.

Fig. 4' is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. 3, on a slightlyenlarged scale.

Fig. 5 is a viewin side elevation of the improved boot showing the samedetached from the bag and the sections released to be opened orseparated.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the bag showing the fly extended inwardly.

' Fig. 7 is a view of the boot with the sections closed and looking fromthe right of Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a top plan view of the boot with the sections closed.

A Fig. 9 is an enlarged view of 'a type of runner provided with alocking lever.

' Like characters of .reference" designate similar parts throughout thedifferent figures of the drawings. j

My invention is shown embodied in a golf bag having a lower end 1,usually rigid or semi rigid, an intermediate leather or fabric portion2, that is usually flexible, and a top rim 3, stiffened or reinforced asindicated at 4. This 'rimB, has a tubulargextension 5, to be laterdescribed, but I herein use theterm rim generically to include partsBand 5. ,I have shown the bag provided with a suitable golf ballpocket6, :a shoulder strapland a handle grip 8.

Reference will now be madeto a particular featureof the invention withwhich'the bag is' equipped and attention is directed to Fig. 4.

The rimtube 5 is formed of material which is trained over thereinforcing ring 4, at 9, and an inner length 10, forms the interior ofthe rim tube while. an outer length 11, forms the exterior thereof. Theupper marginal portion 12, 9 of the intermediate portion 2, isinterposed between the lengths 10 and ,11, and suitably secured as bymeans of stitching or laced with the remainder of the rim together.

0n the free edge 16 of said fly, is suitably secured one stringer ofagdetachable fastener of any -well known construction, such for instanceas shown in U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,658,392. Such stringers, usuallyflexible strips, are equipped with a series of fastening devices ofmetal. In the further description, I will use the Fig. 3 is a'viewsimilar to Fig. 2 with the open- 7 term stringer generically to includeboth the flexible strip and the series of fastening devices thereon. Iindicate the stringer attached to said fly, at 17. By reference to Fig.6, it will be seen that I have provided the stringer 1'7, with a runnerstop 18, and that the stringer terminates at said stop on one sidethereof. On the remaining side of said stop, the fly 15 is slit radiallyat 19, to afford a runner starting or threading end 20, onto which onetube of a runner may be My improved boot, as shown, consists broadly ofa tubular base A, and'a head B. When distended by the handle ends of theclubs, the hoodlike boot has substantially a dome form, as shown in Fig.7. It is a feature of my invention to hemispherically subdivide the bootlongitudinally thereof from thehead to thetubular base A,

'so as to divide the boot into separable sections 21, the bights of thedivision being indicated at 22. In the form shown, the base A, istubular and uninterrupted and has a free margin as indicated at 23.

The free margins of sections 21, on one side of the boot are providedwith a pair of stringers of a detachable fastener, the stringers beingshown at 24, and extending from the bight 22 to the crown of the head. Arunner 25, having tubes 26, for coaction with said stringers, isprovided with a perforated finger grip 27. On'the opposite side of thehood, the same equipment is provided, indicated by the same referencenumerals, and-shown more clearly in Fig. 8.

When the runners. are moved to the crown of the hood, as, shown in Figs.'7 and 8, the runners can be locked by means such as a pad lock 28,

the shackle 29,. passing through the openings in the finger grips 27, ofthe two runners. Hence, it will be clear that these runners, incombination with a locking means of any suitabletype, constitute alocking mechanism to lockthe sections 21 in closed relation and therebyprotect the clubs from surreptitious removal when the bag is beingshipped. To open the boot and render the clubs accessible, the runners25 of both pairs of stringers 24, are. advanced down wardly fromthecrown toward and to the bights 22, as shown in Fig. 5. Thisadjustment, renders the sections 21 free to be disposed in the v Fig. 3,position, or they maybe telescoped downwardly into the bag.

In any event, it is a feature of this invention to bifurcate the boot sothat'the separable or openable sections thereof willbe far more easily Imanipulated than would be the case if the boot were simply slitlengthwise on one side, thereof.

. which is normally horizontally disposed while the stringers 24 arenormally vertically disposed, when the bag is in a vertical position.This stringer 30, is provided with a runner stop 31, and at one side ofsaid stop, the tubular base is slit at 32, so that a starting end 33, isprovided in order ner and hide the latter.

to enter a runner onto the stringer. I have shown a runner 34, havingone tube 35, engaged with said stringer 30, the remaining tube 36, beingadapted for engagement with a stringer companion to stringer 30. Thisrunner 34, is preferably of the locking type, the same having a lockinglever finger grip 37, adapted when moved against the runner, to which itis hinged, to lie flat thereagainst, as shown in Fig. 4. It is providedwith prongs that engage the metallic fastening elements with which thestringer is equipped to thereby hold the runner securely in ,thepositionto which it has been advanced. This type of locking runner is shown inthe above identified patent.

Reference will next be made to the means and manner in which the boot isdetachably connected with the bag, and to other functional advantageousrelations between the two.

In Fig. 6, I have shown a fragment of base A in developed plan with thelocking runner 34 thereon and disposed adjacent stop 31. T0 attachtheboot, the tube 36 of the runner would be disposed on the starting end20, of stringer 17,

with which the fly 15 of the bag is equipped, as

previously described. Then, the runner 34 would be advanced in thedirection of the arrow in Fig. 6, throughout the annular length of thestringers until it reached stop 18.

Upon reaching stop 18, the runner 34 would be arrested and tube 35 wouldnot be released from starting end 33, of stringer 30, because stop 18would not permit the runner to go far enough. This is the operation ofattaching the boot to the bag. 7

At this point I desire to emphasize a feature of the invention which canbest be understood by reference to Fig. 4. The proportions andconstruction is such that when the boot is closed about the clubhandles, as shown in Fig. 2, the boot will have been projected upwardlyfrom the bag so that the fly 15 will bedisposed against the inside wallof the rim 3, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. In practice, the bootis, reasonably taut lengthwise thereof when in the Fig. 2, position.Thus, it will be clear that the locking lever 3'7, could not without thegreatest difficulty, be turned outwardly against the interior of rim 3,into an unlocking position. It may here be stated that no locking meansis eifective when short flap 38, secured at 39, t0 the boot, may beemployed, and it will readily be seen that when the boot is stretchedinto the dotted line position shown in Fig. 4, this flap would cover therun- The reason why a flap, short in length could be used, is that therunner 34 is always in one position, namely, against stop 13, when theboot is attached to the bag.

In the. attached position just described, the boot may be opened forinspection purposes or for insertion of additional clubs, or it may beopened as shown in Fig. 3, and not detached from the bag.

In the form shown, the boot must first be opened in order to detach thesame from the bag so that tension will be released as shown in fulllines in Fig. 4, to render the locking lever 37, of runner 34,accessible. Then the runner 34 is advanced in a direction opposite tothat indicated by the arrow in Fig. 6, until the runner is in engagementwith stop 18, at which position, the slit 19 makes it possible readilyto withdraw the free starting end 20, of stringer 17, from tube 36, ofthe runner, leaving the latter connected with the stringer 30, of thehood. Thus, the hood is now free to be entirely separated from the bagand can be left at home or in the hotel while the player takes the bagto the links. Of course, the detaching operation may if desired, bealtered so that when the boot is detached, the runner 34 will remainconnected with the stringer 17 of the bag, if desired, and still bewithin the purview of this invention. However, in practice, it has beenfound safer to have the runner-connected with the boot so that it cannotbe injured by insertion and withdrawal of the clubs to and from the bag.In any event, the novel relation of the stops 18 and 31 insuresretention of the runner or either the bag or boot members.

While I have shown and employed detachable fastener devices because atthe present time this fastener is most available, and in specificcombinations claimed, affords novelty, still, .broader aspects of theinvention contemplate such equivalents as lacing and snap fasteners.

The advantage of this construction however is such that even when theboot is not removed, it can serve in the usual capacity of afboot eitherin a projected or inwardly telescoped position, if desired, hence, myimprovement does not interfere with its normal usage. It willbe clearthat by reasonof the attachment of the boot to the projecting andpliable or flexible fly, the boot thereby becomes extensibly connectedwith the open end of the golf bag and is capable of being projectedendwise of said bag to a greater or less extent by clubs of differentlength. Thus the boot, asa result of this novel anchorage, is self andautomatically compensatory to clubs of different length. In addition tothe foregoing, the boot and fly are readily expansible radially againstthe innerface of the bag rim when the bag is filled with clubs. Thus anylooking or other connecting means uniting the fly and boot are renderedinaccessible. It will be clear that the terminals of the stringers orother looking or connecting means should be accessible for manipulationfrom the exterior of the boot and yet it is a great advantage to disposesuch means in an inaccessible position when the bag'is being shipped.The foregoing would be true in the absence of a careful proportioning ofthe parts, to a very great extent. However, when the boot and fly areproportioned to the maximum length of clubs, then, either endwiseprojection or radial expansion of the boot will render the locking meanspractically inaccessible.

While I have herein shown and described one specific form of myinvention, I do not wish to be limited thereto except for suchlimitations as the claims may import.

I claim:-

1. As a new and useful article of manufacture, a removable hood-likegolf bag boot having a head and a tubular base and the latter having onits margin one stringer of a separable fastener, and said stringerhaving a runner stop and being slit and separable at one side of saidstop, a runner on said stringer, and the head of said boot beinglongitudinally bifurcated into separable sections above said tubularbase forpassage of clubs therethrough when said sections are separated,and means for connecting the margins of said sections to close the headof said boot.

2. As a new and useful article of manufacture, a golf bag having a rim,and said rim having an annular boot-anchoring fly provided with onestringer of a'detachable fastener on its free edge, and said free edgebeing slit and provided with a runner stop adjacent said slit.

3. As a new and useful article of manufacture, a golf bag having a rim,and said rim being provided with an interiorly extending annular fly,and said fly having means for separable attachment thereof to a golf bagboot.

4. In a detachable golf bag and boot structure, a golf bag having a rimprovided with an inwardly extending annular fly having one stringer of adetachable fastener on its margin, said fly having a runner stop andbeing slit on one side of saidstop to afford a runner starting end, aboot having a tubular section provided on its margin with a stringercompanion to the stringer on said fly and having a runner stop and beingslit on one side of said stop to afford a runner starting end, and arunner having one tube telescoped over the stringer of said bootadjacent the stop thereof and adapted to be telescoped over the startingend of the stringer of said bag and advanced annularly on said stringersfrom said boot stringer stop to said bag strainer stop to detachably andannularly unite said boot with said bag..

5. In a detachable golf bag and boot structure, a golf bag having a rimprovided with an inwardly extending annular fly having one stringer of adetachable fastener on its free margin, a boot having on its margin astringer companion to the stringer on said fly, and a runner coactingwith said stringers for detachably connecting said boot with said bagand having a locking lever, said boot being proportioned to be spreadand longitudinally stressed by the golf clubs to force said flyoutwardly against the interior of said rim and dispose said lockinglever against the latter and render said lever inaccessible to be movedinto,

an unlocking position.

GLENN L. ADAMS.

